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The plastic pBone trombone is a jazzy success for British music makers. Jayne Atherton Published Sep 3, 2013, 5:55pm | Updated Dec 10, 2019, 3:49pm.
with sales of more than 150,000 since the plastic trombone - called the pBone - was launched in 2010, musicians are talking of a significant revival of the instrument. So popular is the new ...
Meet Miles, a 7-year-old who isn't just proficient on the pBone. "This is my trombone. It's called a pBone because it's for kids," Miles said as he showed how to play a C note on the instrument.
The pBone – a full size, b-flat tenor trombone – was invented by Warwickshire musician Hugh Rashleigh. Hugh graduated in engineering design from Loughborough University and combined his two ...
At one point, Vecchitto bought a plastic trombone, called a pBone, “so I had some idea what this thing actually feels like,” but that was as close as he got to in-depth research.
Hugh, aged 25, a gigging musician, brass teacher and musical director of the Royal Spa Brass band, said: “pBone is a full size, B-flat tenor trombone.
A QUARTET is hoping to introduce the world of music to a new generation – with a plastic trombone invented in Leamington. As reported in the Telegraph last month, the pBone was invented by Hugh ...
Plastic trombone manufacturer wins plaudits in Queen ... The Tamworth-based company has now sold more 250,000 of its pBone instruments which were conceived by former engineering student and ...
Light, durable and ergonomic, the pBone is now the world’s most popular trombone, selling more than 120,000 units in two years. Some 90pc of Warwick Music’s £2m turnover comes from outside ...
Warwick Music Group is the parent company of Warwick Music, Ian Bousfield Mouthpieces, pBone (the world’s first plastic trombone with sales of more than 120,000 across the world), pBone Mini ...
One winner from each of the two age groups, five to 11 and 12 to 18, will then have their design printed onto a plastic trombone made by pBone, creators of a range of plastic instruments.